CVE-2017-6198 — The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a pro

The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a process. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by launching a fork bomb in the sandbox, or by using a large amount of disk space.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a process. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by launching a fork bomb in the sandbox, or by using a large amount of disk space.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-02-06T16:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T15:25:48.407Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c…
• devco.re — https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/